Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lost a seat in the Sindh Assembly in the February 8 general elections following a recount.
PTI’s Sarbuland Khan was defeated by Asif Moosa of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Sindh Assembly constituency PS-112. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) conducted a recount, which led to Moosa’s victory. Subsequently, Moosa was sworn in as a member of the Sindh Assembly. After the recount, Moosa secured 11,724 votes to Khan’s 9,943.
Initially, Khan, running as a PTI-backed independent, was declared the winner with 16,287 votes against Moosa’s 10,784. However, the ECP’s recount altered these results.
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Khan had previously challenged the recount decision in the Sindh High Court, arguing that under Section 95(6) of the Election Act 2019, the ECP lacked the authority to order a recount after the results were finalized.
This is not PTI’s first loss in a recount. In August, the party also lost NA-79 Gujranwala. There, PML-N’s Zulfikar Bhindar requested a recount approved by the Returning Officer (RO). Bhindar won by 3,023 votes, securing 95,604 votes against PTI-backed independent Ehsan Ullah Virk, who received 92,581 votes.
